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    • Gary Wright II
      "8 Struggles of Being a Highly Intelligent Person" - OMG This 7 minute video explains so much! It will help you better understand yourself, as well as others who have these problems. #MentalHealth...
      • Gary Wright II
        Self-Care: Catastrophizing - It's the source of much of my anxiety. As an engineer, our minds are supposed to imagine every possible outcome and prepare for them. But in life, that's overwhelming and self-destructive. Please pay attention to mental...
        • Gary Wright II
          in the group Geek Food
          Geek Food - One of my favorite new features in Python v3.10 is structural pattern matching. Very powerful! 🤯 PEP636 is a good tutorial on how to use it: https://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0636/
          • Gary Wright II
            in the group Activism Resources
            The abortion and anti-transgender cases are my highest priority, but two other cases at SCOTUS concern me: Shurtleff v. Boston is part of their plan for a theocracy, and Carson v. Makin is their plan for taxpayers to pay for religious education....
            • Gary Wright II
              Eye bones, huh? I never realized humans were missing their scleral ossicles until today, and I never thought about why other vertebrates have them.🤯 #STEM Here's the anatomy of eye...
              • Gary Wright II
                Artificial Life: What limits the length of deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) on Earth is the stability of the molecule itself. The last thing you want is errors or mutations in genetic code. So while lots of data can be packed into that genetic sequence,...
                • Gary Wright II
                  in the group Activism Resources
                  The Pandora Papers - A massive leak of 12 million files and a long investigation shows how and where the rich and powerful hide their offshore money. https://www.occrp.org/en/the-pandora-papers/
                  • Gary Wright II
                    in the group Computer Graphics & Animation
                    Animation School - This young man "Bad Normals" (LOL a 3d joke) from Estonia is amazing! He's using Geometry Nodes in Blender v3.0.0-alpha to create lightning effects.🤯 A much better way to do it!...
                    • Gary Wright II
                      in the group LGBTQIA+
                      With 64% of their voters supporting it, Switzerland becomes the 30th country to recognize same-sex marriages. Human rights should never be decided by a referendum, but I'll take progress where/how I can get it! 🏳️‍🌈
                      • Gary Wright II
                        in the group Activism Resources
                        Two phrases from two different mentors are stuck ringing in my head: "Enjoying the shade from trees I didn't plant" and "Each of us is more than the worst thing we've ever done." Just by awareness of those two thoughts, you can see the world through...
                        • Gary Wright II
                          Gary Wright II published a blog post Light Nodes in Blender in the group Computer Graphics & Animation
                          With the Cycles render engine in Blender, you can use nodes with lighting.
                          • Gary Wright II
                            in the group Activism Resources
                            Cause and Effect? Common causes of violence in communities: exposure to violence, shame, isolation, and inability to meet economic needs. Incarceration doesn't help people in any of those areas. In fact, it exacerbates all four of those issues!...
                            • Gary Wright II
                              in the group Activism Resources
                              Prosecutors hold so much power, and so they are key to fixing racial disparities. I'm so grateful for Professor Angela J Davis, Wesley Caines, and Akhi Johnson for their excellent presentations on Race + Prosecution. ⚖️...
                              • Gary Wright II
                                Proactive vs Reactive - My latest life goal is for every problem I solve, to spend time addressing the root cause of the problem. For example: We have to react to these cruel laws being passed, but it's more safe and effective to replace those...
                                • Gary Wright II
                                  Well, Hollyweird finally ran out of ideas and now they're just recycling mashups of old hit shows: 🙄 "Next Fall only on Fox! It's the Hungry American Idol Games - Watch @RyanSeacrest and David Archuleta wrestle in their underwear for a...
                                  • Gary Wright II
                                    Gary Wright II bookmarked Tagalog Language Resources in the group Philippines
                                    Tagalog.com has lots of great free resources for learning the Filipino language. 
                                    https://www.tagalog.com/
                                    • Gary Wright II
                                      Gary Wright II bookmarked Know Your Rights guide by National Lawyers Guild NLG in the group Activism Resources
                                      The National Lawyers Guild (NLG) has produced an excellent pocket-sized Know Your Rights guide in multiple languages for those who encounter law enforcement (especially FBI and Department of Homeland Security).
                                      https://www.nlg.org/category/publications/kyr/
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                                        • Gary Wright II
                                          in the group Activism Resources
                                          BeauFTC always spouts wisdom, but if you watch nothing else he has posted, this 11 minutes using a spear analogy lays bare the problem with the progressive movements and describes how EVERYONE plays a role. We have to recalibrate our thinking if we...
                                          • Gary Wright II
                                            in the group LGBTQIA+
                                            The Notorious RBG! Just imagine what world would be possible if we were to actually have diversity on our judicial benches... I honestly don't understand why unrigging the courts is not a much more urgent priority when EVERYTHING in life depends on...
                                            • Gary Wright II
                                              Gary Wright II bookmarked Section 1033 Inventory of Military Surplus Transferred to Police in the group Activism Resources
                                              Under Section 1033, over 8,000 police agencies received a total of $7.4 billion in surplus military equipment. They aren't properly trained to use it and it doesn't need to be in their hands, so we need to take back every bit of it! ⚖️
                                              https://www.dla.mil/DispositionServices/Offers/Reutilization/LawEnforcement/PublicInformation/
                                              • Gary Wright II
                                                in the group News & Current Events
                                                The #NSA #Upstream #surveillance program (as revealed by Edward #Snowden) violates both 1st and 4th Amendments, but a lawsuit just got dismissed for the 3rd time. This time the US government claimed "state secrets" and so 4th Circuit dismissed the...
                                                • Struggler
                                                  Learning Babymetal 🤘🖤- Here's my Kami Band playlist for learning each part of "Catch Me If You Can" and "No Rain No Rainbow": https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLiZeNyXBOU1kZMiZnqdE6eIwhpXowSM1c
                                                  • Gary Wright II
                                                    Gary Wright II bookmarked OBS Open Broadcaster Software in the group Computer Graphics & Animation
                                                    Open Broadcaster Software (OBS) is open source software for live streaming and recording video.
                                                    https://obsproject.com/
                                                    • Gary Wright II
                                                      No excuse for bad behavior of men, but our design is flawed: the penis becomes erect by filling with blood, which drains the blood from our brains making us stupid whenever we get excited. And so of course, the larger the penis the man has (or...